All roads led to the Nanking Theatre last night, where a large squad of French Police traffic men carefully marshalled the passengers of hundreds of motor-cars and an even larger number of pedestrians into the spacious auditorium, to see the eagerly "and long awaited gala-pre-micro of the spectacular and epic "Victoria The Great" Held under ihe patronage of Mr. Herbert Phillips, H.M. Consul-General and sponsored by all the local British societies, the net proceeds of this particular performance will be donated to the Lord Mayor's Fund for relief in China. The Theatre itself was tastefully decorated in accordance with the character of the film, reflecting considerable -credit on the management which undertook this heavy task.
In addition to the Consul-General and the Presidents of the British societies who were present with their ladies, a very representative audience, which w held' spellbound by the picture's charm, beauty and regal magnificence, included Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Noble, the newly a Commander-in-Chief of the China Station, Sir Alan Mossop, Major-General A.P.D. Telfer-Smollett, Lieut-Colonel R. A. Wolfe-Murray Brig.-General E. B. Macnaghten, Major F. W. Gerrard, Major K. M.
Bourne, Mr. H. E. Arnhold and a host of other distinguished persona-
By kind permission of Lieut,- Colonel W A. Grey-Wilson, M.C., the band of the First Battalion Durham Light Infantry gave an excellent fitly minutes' concert prior to the screening of the film, rendering German': Merrie England, Coward's "Cavalcade" ud Elgar's "Pomp and Circumstance," all of which were very well received by a very appreciative assembly.
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